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Anonymous
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Connecting to Informix DataBase with instance name

Hello, how can I put the instance name on a informix connection.

 

At sever field I put: myserver:myPort
At DataBase I put: myDataBaseName

But I couldn't found where I can put the instance server name.


For example, in a JDBC connection I can put everything in a single line:

jdbc:informix-sqli://myHostServerName:myPort/myDataBaseName:INFORMIXSERVER=myInstanceServerName

 

But I don't know how do this at connection wizard of Power BI.

 

Without a instance server name, the connection will target a default instance name which my login doesn't have access privileges.

So I can't perform authentication.

 

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v-yuta-msft
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@Anonymous,

 

In server field you can input: ServerName/InstanceName: Port

In Database field you can input: DatabaseName

 

Regards,

Jimmy Tao

Anonymous
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@v-yuta-msft, it doesn't work. Power BI try to resolve "hostname/instance" as a hostname, so a I receive a message unknown host. This works like a charm with others db's like Oracle.

@Anonymous,

 

In your senario, I would recommend you to use ODBC connector with connection string instead and try again. For more details about ODBC, please refer to: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-connect-using-generic-interfaces#data-sources-accessible-through-odbc.

 

Regards,

Jimmy Tao

Anonymous
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@v-yuta-msft, unfortunately Power BI don't list schemas and tables of Informix ODBC connection. See the picture bellow. I did a test in Excel with same ODBC connection and everything worked fine. In Excel I could see all tables, but not in Power BI.

 

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@Anonymous,

 

Have you solved the issue currently? If still can't resolve it, I would suggest you to create a support ticket to achieve deeper help.

 

Community Support Team _ Jimmy Tao

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